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PAGE THREE

Settlement House Has ServedLuzerne Well For Thirty Years

Others Carry OnWork Started ByMargaret Thurston

Added support for one of Lu-

zerne’s oldest and most beneficial

institutions—the West Side Settle-

ment House, now in its 30th year of

service to this community—in the

form of increased interest and par-

ticipation in its many activities is

asked of local people by Miss Ethel

Durnall, director of the organization.

“The people of Luzerne must feel

that the Settlement House is their

own community center,” said Miss

Durnall ‘in a recent interview, “a

place where wholesome recreation,education and character develop-

ment are provided for their chil-

dren,

other activities for themselves.”

Has Served Well

“The Settlement House has serv-

ed, and served well, the many peo-

ple—youngsters,

women and adults—that have pass-

ed through its doors since its found-

ing thirty years. It is a tried and

true community institution, and as

such deserves more

it has commanded in the past.”

“The support we ask is not so

much monetary as it is personal.

We do, of course, welcome any

equipment donations which would

serve to increase our facilities. But

more than that, we want increased

membership in our organization. We

have an activity for every person in

Luzerne. One thousand people are

now members of the Settlement |g

House. We could use seven times

that number.”

The Settlement House is one of |

the thirty-two agencies sponsored |

by the Community Welfare Federa-

tion, and is designed to serve both |§

children and adults.

In the House itself, a two-story

frame dwelling on West Vaughn |}

Street, near Connolly Field, all types i

of class work and instruction for |#

young folks and several discussion

groups and clubs for older people

are conducted in the afternoons and

evening by a staff of competent in-

structors, supervised by Miss Dur-. |

nall.

A kindergarten class of children

too young to enter borough schools

is held in the House during the

mornings and early afternoons.

Sports Important

A large-scale program of outdoor §

sports for boys, including softball,

hardball and field athletics, is held

every afternoon on Connolly Field,

under the direction of John Leary,

WPA athletic director assigned tothe Settlement House. In the win-

ter, indoor soft ball, volley ball and

basketball for both boys and girls

are played in the Settlement House

gym on the second floor.

Many other additional activities

are sponsored by the Settlement

House—outings and picnics for bothchildren and their parents, special

athletic events, craftmanship exhi-

bitions and social affairs are con-

ducted throughout each year.

Class work and play periods are

so arranged to allow many hundreds

to participate in House activities

each day. Nearly forty children at-

tend the kindergarten classes. Large

numbers enjoy instruction in art

work, craftmanship, dressmaking,

carpentry and woodwork, tin-work,

quilting, carpet-weaving, cooking,

and the social graces. Scores of wo-

men, both young and old, attend

classes and discussion groups. Be-

tween 250 and 300 boys participate

in the summer sports program onConnolly Field.

The Settlement House has the

only public library in Luzerne. While

the number of volumes kept on

hand is relatively small at this

time, more and more books are com-

ing in steadily from other libraries

in the county and private contribu-

tors. A large and up-to-date li-

brary to provide greater selection

of books and magazines for Luzerne

people is one of the goals of MissDurnall.

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and discussion groups and |

young men and |

interest and B

support from the townspeople than |

An exhibition of work done by

class pupils at the Settlement House

attracted a large crowd last May.

The many favorable comments on

work displayed indicate the excel-

lent type of instruction afforded

Settlement House members.

Large Teaching Staff

The teaching staff includes Miss

Carol Welles, art work; Margaret

Moran and Audrey Banta, kinder-

garten teachers; knitting and fine

needle work, Miss Dorothy Shelley;

cabinet making and wood work,

Charles Reese; tin work, whittling,

and other boys’ classes, Russell Wil-

liams, and sports, John Leary.

Mrs. Isabelle Williams. who con-

ducts classes in dressmaking and

quilting, and one of the best in-

structors at the Settlement House,has been on the teaching staff for

the past 29 years.

Miss Durnall, who worked as a

social worker and educator for

many years in Philadelphia before

coming here, has been director ofthe Settlement House since Febru-

ary. She conducts many of the dis-

cussion groups and classes for adults,

supervises all class work and ac-

tivities of the organization.

Most of the credit for the Settle-

ment House's progress since its

formation 30 years ago goes to Miss

Margaret Thurston, who helped or-

ganize it in 1910 and who served as

director of its activities until theappointment of Miss Durnall last

winter Miss Thurston, who is now

affiliated with the Children’s Ser-

vice Center in Wilkes-Barre, laid the

foundation of interest and activity

which has brought the Settlement

House to be one of the most ef-

fective institutions for education

and child development in this sec-

tion, and has opened the way for

the further development of Settle-

ment House work sought by MissDurnall and her staff.

‘China Will Never Give In’(Continued from Page 2)

the shipment of munitions to Japan

discontinued. Secretary of tate

Cordell Hull is the man to write to,”

said Mr. Lee, “and every letter car-

ries weight.”

Sy

Relief Committee Aids

Probably the greatest single con-

tribution to the Chinese cause is

found in the Church Committee for

Chinese Relief, formed by promi-nent religious leaders in this coun-

try in 1937 for the benefit of China's

80,000,000 sufferers—the wounded,

the starving, the homeless.

On behalf of this committee,

which is kept alive by the donations

of American citizens, Mr. Lee has

lectured all over this section of the

country.

“Even the smallest contribution

‘s of great value to China’s sufferers.

As little as five cents keeps one of

the unfortunates in comfort for two

days.”

The response of Americans to the

plea by the Church Committee for

i funds to carry on its work has been

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